SHOOTING FOR STATE: Kodiak enters conference tournament as No. 1 seedLast year’s heartbreaking regional loss to Colony still lingers in the minds of mostly everybody involved with the Kodiak High School baseball program. Up four runs and five outs away from clinching a berth to the state tournament, the Bears committed a heap of errors and watched the Knights score 11 runs to ride off to state with a 15-10 victory. “We almost get reminded of it everyday,” senior Brandan Pickett sai...

Protesting Navy's enhanced training plansTo the Editor, I am writing to encourage everyone’s support and participation in a Kodiak Protest Flotilla, at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 30, rafted-up facing Pier 2. More details soon. Big boats and small, and people on foot, are invited to show their opposition to the U.S. Navy’s enhanced training plans set to begin June 15 in the Gulf of Alaska. Make a banner. Make a sign. Tell your neighbors. Protect our resources ...

Alaska State Troopers: May 28May 19 At 3:44 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received a report of a theft that occurred a month before. They found an Ingersol-Rand impact wrench and an air hose were stolen from a Department of Transportation building. Anyone with information is asked to contact the troopers at 486-3121 or Crime Stoppers at 486-3113. May 26 At 2:11 a.m., AST received a report of a disturbance at a residence. They found that a woman...

Thomet vying for mile inviteKodiak’s Levi Thomet needs your vote. The star distance runner is vying with 14 other runners to fill the final spot in the elite Adidas Dream boys mile that is being held on June 13 in New York City. Milesplit.com is running a vote for who deserves to be the final entry into the field. The 13 other spots have already been filled — five qualified by winning a race qualifier while eight were given an at-large bid b...

Kodiak soccer nets accoladesIn a season of firsts, Kodiak’s soccer program snagged its first all-Northern Lights Conference players. Juniors Omar Beltran and Jose Cortez earned second-team accolades, while Daniel Beltran was an honorable mention. Omar Beltran netted two goals and two assists for the Kodiak boys, while Cortez tallied three goals and three assists. Two of Cortez’s goals came in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Nikiski. He h...

Charles “Bud” CassidyCharles “Bud” Cassidy passed away of natural causes at home on May 9, 2015. He was born December 23, 1924 in Atlantic City, New Jersey to Charles A. and Ernestine Cassidy. Like a lot of young men at the time he joined the Navy and served in the South Pacific during WWII and went on to serve in the Korean War. During his 22 years of service he was stationed on seven different naval vessels that travelled through ma...

BLESSING OF THE KODIAK FLEET The Blessing of the Fleet, a service traditionally held on Memorial Day, honors those lost at sea and asks for protection for those who continue to brave its harsh waters. An Orthodox service is sung, followed by the sprinkling of holy water on each passing vessel. The last vessel blessed is given the wreath from Sunday’s Fishermen’s Memorial Service, with ribbons bearing the names of the past year’s lost fisherme...

Crab Festival races: Saltonstall overcomes health issuesNearly four hours after finishing the sweat-induced Pasaghsak to Kodiak bike ride, Richard Saltonstall joked that the secret to his success was because he could not feel his right leg. He probably wasn’t alone. But he more than likely was the only competitor in the 27-person field who tore his hamstring five months before Sunday’s race that highlighted a potpourri of Crab Festival athletic events. Saltonstall crui...

Writing class pitches inner voice “Find your writing voice, or get your money back” the online writing class ad read. It was one year ago, and I had been casually scanning for distance-writing courses that could fit my schedule. My first thought upon reading this sales pitch was “I didn’t know I had or have a writing voice. Did I ever have one? What did it sound like? “Perhaps I saw glimmers of my writing voice, but it was a very shy voice, which...